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« on: October 09, 2007, 08:00:05 AM » |
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I have a client with a new LP account. She has an existing website and wants to be able to make updates to her site online. This includes adding new pages or duplicating pages, adding images, content management, everthing. She doesn't know coding but her site does include huge css files from the last control panel she worked from, so this has to be a WYSIWIG setup. I came here for some ideas because I've tried to set up Pagemason and Joomla for her. They both seem to be very limited and don't have good help files. She needs to use existing html files and maybe I'm missing it, but I just don't see how she can do that with these programs.
Can you folks help me out here with suggestions? And if I'm wrong about these two programs can you tell me how I can use one of them with an existing site, please?
Regards,
melie
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Mitch
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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2007, 08:09:09 AM » |
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Well, I would say you could go one of two different ways.
Process #1:
Try your best to move everything over so that it is setup here the same way it was setup there. Transfer things over file for file and try to match it up the best you can. Of course, she might need to learn how to edit these files with something like the CoffeeCup software suit.
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Setup Joomla, WordPress or another CMS for her, and then import her data over into it. Might end up being a little more work, but in the long run it should be much easier for her to update and manage - especially if she doesn't have much web development experience.
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melie
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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2007, 08:21:53 AM » |
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Thank you, Mitch I got everything moved over and working via ftp. Joomla is installed in the root directory of her site, but I don't see how to import and use the files she has there. I'm fine with a little more work as long as she can make updates as painlessly as possible without being limited to what she can do. Have you imported existing site files into Joomla before? I don't see anything referring to page editing or building, just seems to be components of pages. The demos are inactive and the help files aren't helping. LOL Maybe I'm going blind from trying to figure this thing out!  |
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Mitch
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2007, 08:35:01 AM » |
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Is her old web site just plain text, regular ol' web site or was there something on the backend of it running it? If you could figure out what she was using you might be able to figure out a way to export the information and then import it back into Joomla. Afraid you might have to import all the content you can by hand though.
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melie
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2007, 09:18:09 AM » |
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The site is html, some images, a java menu, and huge css files. She built it using the control panel/backend or whatever you call it of Marketing America. The entire site has already been transfered over to LP and is up and running. The thing that has me stumped is how to get it imported into Joomla, which is installed in the root directory, so that she can do her updates. What do you mean by importing the content by hand exactly?
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Mitch
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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2007, 09:22:33 AM » |
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What do you mean by importing the content by hand exactly? Copy the content from this page, paste it into Joomla under one of their page options, then repeat with each page.  |
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melie
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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2007, 09:30:28 AM » |
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LOL  Boy, am I ever glad to here that great news! I was afraid of that!  I was thinking a fresh start would be good anyway considering the css and java menu. The only problem is that I can't find any page options in Joomla. If you think it's really possible I'll keep searching. Thank you! |
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fretnmore
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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2007, 11:36:20 AM » |
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Kind of late to the thread, but I have used Flyspeck to allow people to edit pages in their browser. This would allow them to change content as much as they want as well as images. If they are used to word processors like Word, it's not much different than that. This would not allow them to add new pages, but if you have a layout and look all ready, it wouldn't take a lot to fix this up. |
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melie
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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2007, 04:06:48 AM » |
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Thank you, fretmore! I'll check it out.
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MrPhil
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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2007, 11:07:37 AM » |
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Is there a good reason for you to be going to a Content Management System (CMS) like Joomla? It sounds like overkill for this particular site. Is your client looking to produce pages out of database information, or basically just have more or less fixed pages? If the latter, would a WYSIWYG page editor such as CoffeeCup or PageMason (both free from LP), one of many free page/site editors available on the Web, or Dreamweaver or Expression Web (both $$) do? Don't pick the technology before you know where you want to go with the site.
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melie
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« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2007, 02:06:58 AM » |
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Thanks MrPhil
It's a very simple site. I tried to work with Joomla, but I don't know php and didn't feel like it was best for my client. So, I'm trying to set up a template for Pagemason now as it seems closest to what she needs. Although, for some reason not all of my CSS is working (all in the same external file) and I'm not finding how to incorporate the javascript menu she has. At the very least I'd like to keep her menu images. I'm still plugging away at it. If someone knows of a good tutorial or guide for Pagemason I'd love to know about it because the help provided is lacking.. a lot.
melie
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